Study Guide for the Second Exam
The second quiz will be similar in format to the first
quiz. It will cover of Chapter 3 of WH. It will also cover the readings from
Plato, Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound, Euripedes’ The Trojan Women,
Herodotus' Histories, and Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War.
The exam is cumulative so you should review material from the first exam.
- You will be shown images on the screen and asked
identify the civilization within which works of art and architecture were
produced. Be able to identify Paleolithic, Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Archaic
Greek, Hellenic Greek works of art and architecture.
- Be able to identify the Second Temple of of Hera, the
Parthenon, the Erechtheum, and the theater at Epidauros. Also be able to
identify Hermes with the Infant Dionysus, Doryphoros, and Athena Parthenos.
If the name of the architect or artist is known, you should learn it. Be sure
to review the earlier buildings.
- Know these people and gods:
Gods: Dionysus, Apollo, Athena, Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Aphrodite, Hermes
Leaders: Pericles, Darius, Xerxes, Alcibiades
Philosophers: Protagorus, Gorgias, Socrates, Plato
Playwrights: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes
Historians: Herodotus, Thucydides
Architects and sculptors: Ictinus and Callicrates, Polykleitos, Praxiteles,
Phidias, Mnesicles.
- Review the cultural terms at the end of Chapter 3 as
well as the earlier chapters.
- Study the map on pages 56. Know the locations of
Athens, Sparta, Thebes, the Black Sea, the Ionian Sea, the Persian Empire, and
the locations required on the first quiz as well. Also, know the location of
the island of Melos and the Strait of Bosphorus. This will be covered in
class, or you can look it up in an atlas.
- Know the order and significance of major historical
events such as the Persian Wars, the formation of the Delian League, and the
Peloponnesian War, and the Spartan and Theban hegemony.
- Be prepared to answer short-answer questions on the
major primary sources in philosophy, history, and literature. There may be
more emphasis on this section than there was on the first exam.
- There will be an essay question. It will be one of
the following:
a. Explain the theme of Euripedes' The Trojan Women. Is this theme
strengthened or weakened by setting the play in Troy rather than the Athens of
his day?
b. Given the conception of justice put forward in Plato’s dialogues, how
would Plato have viewed Aeschylus’ presentation of Prometheus in Prometheus
Bound? (You might want to imagine a conversation between Prometheus and
Socrates.)
c. Is Socrates putting forth a different positions on pleasure and the good
in the Protagorus and in the Gorgias? Why might someone argue
that this is the case? Defend your view on this question.
Author: Hollace Graff
Oakton Community College
Updated: September 22, 2006